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Mutua Madrid Tennis Open 2023

Mutua Madrid Tennis Open

Dates of Mutua Madrid Open 2023:TBC The Madrid Tennis Open is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament which takes place on clay at La Caja Mágica Stadium in Madrid. This modern venue is home to three courts with retractable roofs. The main court has a capacity for 12,500 fans …

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Spanish F1 Grand Prix 2023

Spanish Formula One Grand Prix

The Spanish Formula One Grand Prix will take place on 9th May 2021 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. This race circuit lies in Montmeló, some 20km north-east of Barcelona, can accommodate as many as 140,000 spectators. It has been home to the Spanish Grand Prix since 1991 and the track …

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Catalunya MotoGP 2023

Main Grandstand of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya MotoGP Racetrack

The Catalunya MotoGP takes place at Montmeló some 20km north of Barcelona at the Circuit de Catalunya. The first international event to be held there was the 1991 Spanish Formula One Grand Prix which remains the home of this event. In 1992 the European Motorcycle Grand Prix took place at …

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Valencia MotoGP 2023

Valencia MotoGP

Date: TBC The Circuit de Valencia is located 20km west of the city of Valencia in the village of Cheste. The racetrack is named after the local champion Ricardo Tormo and hosts the crucial end of season Valencia MotoGP race. In 1999, it became the third Spanish venue to host …

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Jerez MotoGP 2023

Jerez MotoGP

The city of Jerez de la Frontera in southern Spain has become synonymous with motor cycle racing since it held the first Jerez Moto GP in 1987. Every year thousands of motor cyclists from all over Europe swarm to Jerez to attend this annual event which can accommodate upto 250,000 …

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La Vuelta a España 2023

Tour of Spain Cycle Race

La Vuelta a España, the Tour of Spain cycling road race, is used to being regarded as the little brother of the three Grand Tours of Europe, lacking some of the history and tradition of the tours of France and Italy. The fact remains, however, that La Vuelta has come …

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Top 10 Famous Spanish People

Antonio Banderas

A few years ago I was at a pub quiz where a question asked teams to list famous Finns. With little knowledge of Finland beyond some its most famous sports stars I was only able to come up with two footballers (Sami Hyypia and Jari Litmanen) and two racing drivers …

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